Monday, July 13, 2009

So I'm thinking that the best theatrical career for me would be an actress. I know that it's not very original, but I think it would suit me the best. Either that or like an assistant director. I wouldn't mind doing that because I don't want the burden of being the main director, but I think the direction I would give would be good enough to make a good show.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_director
This site explains the duties of what a typical assistant director does. Reading more about this career choice, it appears to be more work than I thought! Maybe I'll stick with acting. How could I get more into acting? Well, I could study it in college and hopefully be able to get a small role in something which would eventually lead into larger roles until I get super-famous! I know this isn't exactly probable, but I can always dream!
As I said in the other blog, RENT is pivotal because it introduced ideas like drugs, AIDS, and drag queen-ism to the theatre, which hadn't been done before. I think that the movie and play were similar in the sense that some of the cast members were the same, and the same things happened in both. But some things like the fire in the beginning was different because it was lame in the play. I do think the show adequately conveyed its message. Essentially we should all appreciate one another, even if we are all different. At least that's what I got from it. Oh, and that time is precious and live in the moment and stuff. That sort of idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_(musical)

This resource talks about RENT in it's entirety. I was surprised to learn that the show has not been around foor as long as I thought it had. Heck, I was 3 years old when it was first seen! I feel bad that the creator, Jonathan Larson, died just before it went on Broadway. That would suck! Essentially, RENT was pivotal because it introduced ideas like drugs, AIDS, and drag queen-ism to theatre. Seeing as how most of the audiences were fairly conservative, these topics had yet to be brought up, because nobody wanted to acknowledge them. But it's good that they were because they are all facts of life, whether people like them or not.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

I feel like my costume and make-up plot is accurate and semi-embarrasing. The costume itself is fine, but the wig I'm having some issues with. Maybe when we do dress rehearsal and such, I'll get used to it. But until then, it worries me a little. And I'm used to having people laugh at me, so you can see that this is pretty bad. We haven't really seen the make-up, but we all know that most of us have to wear really white make-up because that's how the Chinese rocked it. But no one is as light-skinned as me, so maybe I'll get a reduction in it. That'd be nice. But then again, I'm not sure if my character(s) need it. I am glad, though, that for the Matchmaker, I don't wear a fat suit, cause that would have annoyed me.The Salesperson doesn't really wear anything special, so it's not too hard to deal with that. But I am going to have multiple costume changes, which I've never done before. I changed my shirt in HSM, but that's not the same. When talking about character collages, my costume doesn't really align with it, in my opinion. I put a lot of angry and alcoholic objects on mine, and the only aspect of the Matchmaker costume that really stands out from all the others is that I have the super-ridiculous wig and pretty much no one else has to wear it, a wig I mean. I guess what my costume lacks, I'll have to make up in superb acting skills. Well being in costume makes me feel Chinese. The wig will demand attention from people, so that people won't forget my character. But how could they, it's me we're talking about here!